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"Is this the venue for the Gozen Tournament? Wow~ What a big place! The red tiger stood at the door of the venue of the royal martial arts competition and exclaimed.

He squinted his eyes and kept looking inside, only to see that the vast square venue in front of him was empty, surrounded by a specially spaced blue brick wall, and the ground was covered with blue lawn, and there was no end in sight.

"Scared the ......"

Shiina Yuya on the side stared blankly at the vast venue in front of her, and at the end of her line of sight there was a five-story building standing in the center of the venue, thinking that it was the seat that Tokugawa Ieyasu had when he came to watch.

Only the face of the Devil's Eye Crazy Knife did not have any expression, he looked at the venue quietly, but in his heart he remembered Sanada Yukimura's entrustment to him.

……

The night he agreed to come to the Imperial Tournament.

"The Gozen Tournament in five days is a martial arts competition held to celebrate the birthday of Ieyasu, who likes martial arts, and masters from all over the country will gather to compete for the championship!"

"The reward for winning the championship is 10,000 taels plus 1,000 stone of food, and at the same time, you can also be promoted at will, and, the most important thing is that regardless of whether the participants have a criminal record or not, as long as they can win the championship, all the previous convictions will be written off, which is a great encouragement to those who have been traitors!"

Sanada Yukimura stood in front of the Devil's Eye Crazy Sword, patiently explaining the causes and consequences of this Gozen Tournament for him, as well as the rewards and benefits after winning the championship, and using this to analyze the situation of the tournament.

"Therefore, there should be a crowd of heroes from all walks of life, even if the devil's eye and crazy knife are mixed in, no one will doubt it, so ...... Crazy, as long as you win, when you get close to Ieyasu's side, you can click off his head in one fell swoop, anyway, all the history of the champion is not counted, you can let go of your hands and feet and do a big job! ”

Sanada Yukimura said that the corners of his mouth pulled out a sharp arc, he stretched out his hand and crossed his neck, made a decapitation gesture, and his face couldn't help but show an excited look, as long as Ieyasu died, then the belonging of the world would depend on him!

"Anyway...... You have stubbornly refused to agree until now, why did you go against your own ideas? ”

After giving all the precautions, Sanada Yukimura asked with some curiosity, he really couldn't figure out what was going on, which made the ghost-eyed mad knife who had always said everything relieved......

"Forget it! It doesn't matter, I'll watch from the sidelines anyway, and I'll take care of the rest! ”

Sanada Yukimura saw the ghost's eye and the knife but didn't answer him, so he simply didn't drill the horns, smiled lightly, and changed the topic and said.

"Anyway, because the conditions proposed by Ieyasu are good, all those who are strong in martial arts should come out, so you can take it as a practice move, go easily!"

……

He Rory rambled on a lot, and the result was ...... It's not all a bunch of rubbish! That bastard! ”

The Devil's Eye Knife came back to his senses, he raised his eyelids, glanced at the crowd in front of him with great reluctance, and then gritted his teeth and said angrily.

I thought I could really meet a few good players to have a good fight, but I didn't expect it to be a group of rabble!

Because he came late, he was densely packed with contestants in front of him, and it was a hodgepodge of people, with all kinds of people.

There are middle-aged swordsmen carrying wooden knives, as well as young monks holding wooden sticks, and samurai with pigtails tied to the sky, the common point of these people is that they are all burly and fierce-looking men.

"Huh?"

"What the hell are you, brat? How do you speak? ”

Because the madness did not deliberately lower his voice, the few people standing in front of him all turned their heads when they heard the words, and looked at him with unhappy faces one by one, and one of the tall biao-shaped men also stood up and scolded him-for-tat. Love Book House

"Hey, you don't seem to know much about the situation, and you dare to say that I, Jin Saburo, am a waste?"

This big man with a narrow scar on his face that runs through his right eye ignored him when he saw the Devil's Eye Crazy Knife, and simply turned around and looked at the Devil's Eye Crazy Knife with a fierce expression.

"Uncle, I've killed more than a hundred unpleasant guys so far! A milky kid like you, I can chop you into meat sauce in just five seconds! I'll take you first as a warm-up exercise! ”

The big man named Jin Saburo approached the Devil's Eye Knife extremely arrogantly, and he lowered his head to look at the Devil's Eye Knife, a contemptuous smile on his face.

A short hairy boy like this, he can cut it to pieces with just one knife, and he even dares to say wild words, it's like looking for death!

"It stinks! Your mouth stinks! The Devil's Eye Crazy Knife closed his eyes without even looking at Jin Saburo, and he reminded as usual.

"Bastard!"

Jin Saburo came up angrily when he heard this, and he scolded while holding a wooden knife and was about to swing it at the bastard man in front of him who didn't know whether to live or die!

"Stop!"

The young official who was maintaining order on the side suddenly noticed the commotion here, and he hurriedly walked over, raised his hand and shouted to stop.

"According to the rules of the competition set by Ieyasu, those who have a dispute before the competition will be disqualified from the competition!"

The young official continued, these people are really stubborn, if they just speak by themselves, they may not necessarily be listened to, but if they move out of the name of Jia Kangye, then the result will be completely different!

Sure enough, hearing what the young official said, Jin Saburo, who had already raised the wooden knife in his hand, was extremely reluctant, but he gritted his teeth and slowly put the wooden knife down.

"You'll see for me!"

Jin Saburo lowered his head and glanced at the still expressionless ghost-eyed mad knife, with a vicious expression on his face, and said threateningly.

Behind him, several of his companions also glared angrily at the Ghost Eye Crazy Knife, and they had a posture of waiting for him to look good at the beginning of the game.

"Next, explain the rules of the preliminaries, there is no limit to the time of the preliminaries, the two contestants use wooden knives and sticks to fight the winner, as long as the opponent faints or says 'surrender', it will be considered a victory!"

When everyone was quiet, the young official walked up to the crowd of contestants, spread out the rules and regulations in his hands, and read them aloud.

"It is divided into eight groups: 'plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, peach, plum, cherry, willow', you compete for the top eight to participate in the finals, in addition, if there is a situation where the opponent is killed, you will be immediately disqualified from the competition!"

"Damn...... There are so many rules......"

The ghost-eyed mad knife mixed in the crowd frowned when he heard this, and he said in a low voice, It seems that he can't let go of it, and he has to spare their lives, tsk...... What a hassle!

Shiina Yuya next to her heard the whining of the ghost eye mad knife, she looked up at the crazy frowning slightly, and then quickly turned her head to look at the red tiger, and asked worriedly: "Hey, red tiger, is there no problem with the madness?" He only has ten minutes to fight, but he still has to win the streak to the end......"

"No problem, if the wolf fights the dog, the winner will be decided from the beginning!"

Red Tiger replied very cheerfully, he only squinted his eyes and smiled slightly when he heard Shiina Yuya's question, and he didn't seem to have the slightest worry about the Devil's Eye Crazy Knife.

"The next step is to start, please prepare for the competition in the order of each group!"

With the announcement of the rules for the recitation of young officials, the preliminary round of the Imperial Tournament held to celebrate the birthday of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu officially kicked off.